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WALTER F. FEET, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO EDWARD B. PEET, OF SAME PLACE;

KEY-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Nb. 664,285, dated. December 18, 1960.

Application filed September 25, 1900. Serial No. 31,035. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that LWALTER F. PEET, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Key-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a key-ring formed with tongues on the ends thereof, the same being adapted to be interlocked in both 1011- gitudinal and transverse directions,whereby under ordinary circumstances the ring is prevented frorn disconnection.

Figures 1 and 4; represent side elevations ot' the key-ring embodying my invention, the same being shown, respectively, in open and closed conditions. Fig. 2 represents a top or plan view of the ring as shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a top or plan view as shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 5 represents a section on line 0009, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 represents a section on line y 1 ,Fig. 1. Fig. 7 represents a section on line z a, Fig. 4. Fig. 8 represents a side elevation of'the ring, having its body of different shape from that shown in the other figures.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the 0 body of a key-ring, the same being divided and having on the ends thereof the tongues B B and at the sides of the places of junction of said tongues with said body the recesses O G, leaving the necks D D, whichconnect the 5 tongues with the body, said tongues B radiating from the ends of the body and being turned thereinto, so that when the ring is closed they abut. The recess and neck of one end match the recess and neck of the opposite 40 end, whereby the necks will enter the recesses and be snugly seated therein, permitting the ends to close to full extent and. causing the inner faces of the tongues to contact and rest flush against each other. The lower walls E E of said recesses extend in inclined directions downwardly from the sides of the tongues to the necks D, and the inner surfaces F of the necks extend in inclined directions from the opposite sides of the body toward said walls E, so that when said surfaces contact with said walls they form dovetail joints, as plainly shown in Fig. 5. p

The operation is as follows: The body of the ring is compressed, so that the tongues pass each other. Then the ends of the body are pressed toward each other, so that the tongue of each end enters the opposite re cess and the walls E and surfaces F engage, thus interlocking said walls and surfaces by the dovetail-joints stated and preventing dis- 6o connection of the ends of the body in the lateral direction of the ring, While, as the inner faces of the tongues abut,disconnection of said ends in the longitudinal or circumferential direction of the ring is also prevented, the ends of the ring thus being doubly locked "iz.,- in the transverse and longitudinal directions stated-whereby the ring will remain closed until properly opened by superior force applied in lateral direction to the ends of the ring to overcome the dovetail-joints, when the necks D emerge from the recesses and. the ends of the ring are disconnected, and consequently unlocked.

- In Fig. 8 the body A is cylindrical in form,

with the tongues B at the ends thereof, the

body in the other figures being somewhat of oval form, without, however, producing different results.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A key-ring having a divided body, and radial tongues turned into said body adapting said ends of said body to be interlocked in both transverse and longitudinal directions.

2. A key-ring having a divided body provided with radial tongues turned into said body and a dovetail-joint on said ends adja- 0 cent to said tongues.

3. In a key-ring, a divided body having tongues on the ends thereof, recesses adjacent to said tongues, and necks joining said tongues with the body of the ring, the walls 5 of said recesses and surfaces of said necks being adapted to interlock, said tongues being turned into the body of the ring and the opposite recesses and necks being matched.

4. A key-ring having a divided body provided with dovetail-joints on the ends thereof, preventing lateral disconnection of said ends, and tongues on said ends which are turned into said body and adapted to abut preventinglongitudinaldisconnection of said ends.

5. A key-ring consisting of a divided body, tongues on the ends thereof, recesses in the sides adjacent to said tongues, and necks WALTER F. PEET.

Vitnesses:

' JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

WM. OANER WIEDERSHEIM. 

